Leesville News

Free health screenings will be offered to residents age 18 and older at selected Walgreens stores in Alexandria, Pineville and Leesville.

LEESVILLE, La. - State wildlife officials are seeking information about the shooting of a bald eagle at Vernon Lake near Anacoco.

State officials continued Friday to defend their decision to privatize 31 state-run group homes for the developmentally disabled, as some legislators complained that the move was done with little warning or consultation.

The Louisiana State Cotton Museum in Lake Providence will be one of six Louisiana sites to host a traveling Smithsonian Institution exhibit on migration and technology next year.

When New Orleans-based Latter & Blum Inc. Realtors decided to buy local real estate firm Noles-Frye Realty, one of the major reasons cited was expanded transportation options.

The Calcasieu Soil and Water Conservation District will conduct its annual tree seedling sale starting Tuesday, Jan.

BATON ROUGE - Louisiana's health department will lay off 445 workers - many of them at 31 state-run group homes - as part of $108 million in cuts.

They turned a little dirt this week along La. Highway 28 West during a brief ceremony that probably didn't look like much to someone driving by.

With a few shovels full of dirt Wednesday, the final phase of revamping the "critical" artery between Alexandria and Leesville officially began.

At a time when some smaller airports are losing business, Alexandria International Airport is on pace for a record year.

A Leesville man arrested in Raceland over the summer faces up to 40 years in prison after he was convicted of child-pornography charges by a federal jury in Lake Charles.

At the Central Louisiana Chamber of Commerce's annual meeting Thursday, outgoing chairperson Robert Hughes thanked those who give their time to the organization and incoming chairperson Bonnie Lemoine pledged to forge stronger ties with local government and economic developers.

Southern University says it is not liable for injuries a marching band member suffered last year in a hazing incident because the injuries occurred off campus and with the student's consent.

It might be fall, but it's time for winter weather, according to Mother Nature and the National Weather Service.

Crescent City Rock church met for its kick-off worship service Nov. 1. 'We had 83 total, with 29 adults, teens and kids pray to accept Christ,' reports Church-Planting Pastor Jim Louviere.

The Vernon Historical and Genealogical Society will meet at 12:30 p.m. Saturday in the Vernon Parish Library meeting room in Leesville.

A Pineville child care center whose license to operate was revoked by the state last week is appealing the decision.

The Vernon Parish Arts Council will present the Delta Festival Ballet of New Orleans' 28th annual Nutcracker tour at 7 p.m., Friday, Dec.

A DeRidder teen was killed Tuesday night when his bicycle was struck by a sport utility vehicle on U.S. Highway 171 south of DeRidder, State Police said.

Rapides Parish Crime Stoppers is looking for information about the person behind an Oct.